An uplink signal transmission method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, first information that is sent by a network device and that is used to instruct the terminal device to send an SRS on at least two symbols in a first slot, and second information that is sent by the network device and that is used to instruct the terminal device not to send the SRS on M symbols in the at least two symbols, where M is an integer greater than 0; and sending, by the terminal device based on the received first information and the received second information, the SRS on a symbol that is in the at least two symbols and that is different from the M symbols.